Vol. XL

From World Wide Shipper on 7/5/2014: “WASHINGTON, DC — As negotiations continue for a new contract agreement covering 13,600 dockworkers at 30 ports stretching from San Diego, Calif., to Bellingham, Wash., a new study shows the U.S. economy could lose as much as $ 2.5 billion a day if a prolonged West Coast shutdown occurs.…